Now one can get six pack abs through surgery

Times of India

August 19, 2012

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NEW DELHI: Now, one can easily get six pack abs with the help of cosmetic surgery. According to cosmetologists, this is done by etching the skin in longitudinal lines and removing superficial fat from the body through a technique called lipo-sculpture. Many aspiring models, actors and college students who don't able to get a chiseled body despite rigorous physical training, say doctors, undergo this procedure; a quick fix arrangement to get six pack abs, which they claim is long lasting.

"Now, I can strip my T-shirt to show off this perfect body. The cosmetic procedure has given me the confidence and the 'right shape' I always yearned for," said Arun Mehta (name changed), an aspiring model who has worked in some TV commercials.

Mehta said he recently got an offer to appear for the screening program for the selection of the lead actor in a serial and that what prompted him to get six pack abs. "I already had a good body so I thought exercise and some dietary changes will get me the abs. But nothing helped. And then someone suggested about this cosmetic procedure where the doctors shape the body using some ultrasound machine to give it the look of six-pack ab," he added.

Rahul Bhatia (name changed), a rugby player who underwent the same procedure last month, said that the surgery helped him lose a lot of fat. "I suffered an accident last year and after that I gained a lot of weight. The surgery not only gave me the six-pack abs but also helped in doing away with the fat," he said. But both the cases agreed that the six-pack abs created through the cosmetic procedure helps only in terms of look and there is no real difference in terms of gaining strength. "Natural abs are of course better,' said Bhatia.

Explaining the procedure, Dr Ajaya Kashyap, HOD of Cosmetic Surgery at Fortis said, "The procedure of body sculpting to achieve six pack abs involves removing the fat from the body in longitudinal lines by creating humps in such a way that it creates an illusion. This is done by etching the skin and removing superficial fat by segregating it from surrounding tissue through liposuction." He claimed to have treated more than 50 patients have been treated by him for this procedure. The cost for this procedure can be anywhere between Rs 80,000 to 100,000.

Dr Sunil Choudhary, director, Max Institute of Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, said that right selection of cases who can undergo this procedure is important. "Cosmetic surgery for making six pack abs cannot be done on heavy-weight or thin persons. One who is fit otherwise can be given the six pack abs look with the help of cosmetic surgery," said Choudhary.